---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 271.3"
title: "14"
number: "271.3"
heading: "Carrier subsidy need."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/271.3"
---

# §271.3. Carrier subsidy need.


In establishing the subsidy for an air carrier providing essential air service at an eligible place, the Department will consider the following:

- (a) The reasonable projected costs of a carrier in serving that place;
- (b) The carrier's reasonable projected revenues for serving that place;
- (c) The appropriate size of aircraft for providing essential air service at that place; and
- (d) **A reasonable profit for a carrier serving that place.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[ER-1398, 49 FR 49846, Dec. 24, 1984, as amended at 60 FR 43524, Aug. 22, 1995]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. Chapters 401, 417.

### Source

Source: ER-1398, 49 FR 49846, Dec. 24, 1984, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[ER-1398, 49 FR 49846, Dec. 24, 1984, as amended at 60 FR 43524, Aug. 22, 1995]